The UMJC has been involved for the past six years in providing educational resources to the Russian-speaking Messianic Jewish community. February 19-26 Executive Director Russ Resnik will be in Moscow teaching “Personal Life of the Spiritual Leader” to a class of 35 Messianic Jewish leaders. This class is the final installment in a ten-course graduate-level educational program […]

Gid’on Nelson, one of the pioneers of the UMJC and the Messianic Jewish movement, was honored along with his wife, Tania, at a “Changing of the Watchman” banquet on January 31, at Beth T’filah Messianic Synagogue, Hollywood, Florida. In the mid-70s, Gid’on and his wife Shirah, a talented songwriter and musician, founded a Messianic synagogue […]

Weekly Torah Study

a D’var Torah for Tetsaveh and Zachor, Exodus 27:20-30:10; Deuteronomy 25:17-19 by Rabbi Paul L. Saal Congregation Shuvah Yisrael, Bloomfield, CT The Torah portion for this week, Tetsaveh, literally “means you shall command.” It contains the remainder of the divine instruction for the building and operation of the Mishkan, the unique tabernacle in which Hashem […]

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march 2015

5mar - 6All DayPurim

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Purim--the Holiday of Esther.
Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other [...]

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Purim–the Holiday of Esther.

Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Esther 4:13-14

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Passover: Zeman Herutenu, the Season of our Redemption
This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, [...]

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Passover: Zeman Herutenu, the Season of our Redemption

This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. Seven days you shall eat matza, unleavened bread. Exodus 12:14-15

And when the hour came, he reclined at table, and the sh’lichim with him. And he said to them, “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you I will not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” Luke 22:14-16

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A family-friendly event with a joyous Erev Shabbat dinner, a full program for children 12 and under (along with everyone else) and guest speakers Rabbi Mark Kinzer, Rabbi Stuart Dauermann, Dr. Vered Hillel, [...]

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A family-friendly event with a joyous Erev Shabbat dinner, a full program for children 12 and under (along with everyone else) and guest speakers Rabbi Mark Kinzer, Rabbi Stuart Dauermann, Dr. Vered Hillel, and Rabbi Carl Kinbar. Registration and hotel details right here.